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Writing workshop.

A pragmatic and practical help to general problems in writing a thesis. The form is unpretentious, informal. Focus is the discussion of the unsolved, presentation of the still not finished.

 Departing form the current work of one student, each seminar will discuss general problems in writing a thesis.

Main focus is:

• Relationship research/writing.
• Composition.
• Argumentation, focus, rhetoric.

The workshop is NOT:

• A course in methodology.
• Individual supervision for specific problems.
• About style and grammar

A “typical” seminar includes: 

1/2 hour. Student introduction.

* The problematique, the research-questions, hypothesis, tentative conclusions, “den røde tråd”, “the glue”.

* Tentative table of content

* List of used material: data, statistics, novels, interviews, surveys, archives, policy documents, observation, photography etc.

* List of methodological and theoretical inspirations.

* What he/she considers the 3-5 main obstacles, problems.

¼ hour. Respond from other students.

¼ hour. Respond from supervisor.

¾ hour. General discussion.

If appropriate an unfinished piece of text, draft for a chapter etc., will be distributed in advance.

Recommended general literature: Rowena Murray. “How to write a thesis”. Open University Press. Buckingham, Philadelphia. 2002.

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Dokument opprettet: 10.06.2002, endret: 11.09.2007Administrer dette dokumentet